India’s data centre capacity rises over four-fold to 1,575 MW as AI demand accelerates: Govt
India’s data centre capacity has increased more than four-fold from 375 MW in 2020 to around 1,575 MW currently, driven by the rapid growth of artificial intelligence (AI) and high-performance computing, the government informed the Lok Sabha on Wednesday.
In a written reply in the Lok Sabha, Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology Jitin Prasada said the IndiaAI Mission is building a sovereign AI ecosystem while the government is putting in place measures to ensure the environmentally sustainable expansion of AI infrastructure and data centres.
